1990 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Routine

No owner complaints are on file for this vehicle. It has been recalled 1 time.

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Structure97V058000

Filed Apr 8, 1997676,535 vehiclesGeneral Motors Corp.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES AND MINI VANS ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CONNECTICUT, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT AND WISCONSIN. THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS PULL THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINER. IF BOTH BOLTS PULL THROUGH, THE REAR CRADLE WOULD NOT LONGER BE SUPPORTED AT THESE MOUNTING LOCATIONS AND THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT CAN SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR.

Risk. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD RESULT.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS AND RETAINERS.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2010	2	0	0	0	Routine
2008	2	0	0	0	Routine
2007	42	2	2	2	Fatalities reported
2006	113	2	0	2	Fatalities reported
2005	120	4	3	0	Routine
2004	230	7	11	0	Above average
2003	158	9	18	0	Routine
2002	230	7	24	0	High concern
2001	276	8	31	0	High concern
2000	233	8	35	1	Fatalities reported
1999	125	5	6	0	Routine
1998	100	5	8	7	Fatalities reported
1997	164	3	1	0	Routine
1996	155	3	1	0	Routine
1995	169	5	1	1	Fatalities reported
1991	1	1	0	0	Routine
1990 — this page	0	1	0	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 8, 1997. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.